Sam Rushing

Family man and proud girl dad - Head Coach - Murray Tigers Baseball - Philippians 2:3-4

[Sam Rushing @Rushing_sa]

Pretty tough when this type of season isn’t deemed worthy of an All-State team selection. 🤦‍♂️

[MHS Tigers Baseball @MHSTigersBasebl]

Congrats to Avery Starks for being selected to the 1st Region All-Tournament team. Avery had a great senior season.

.451 BA, 13 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 23 BB
64.2 IP, 1.9 ERA, 92 K

Among the state, he finished top 50 in hits, top 10 in 2B, 13th in Ks, t-4 in wins, and top 15 in IP.

[MHS Tigers Baseball @MHSTigersBasebl]

Regional Tournament bracket. The Tigers will play McCracken Co at 3:00 on Monday at Graves County High School. @MurrayTigers

[MHS Tigers Baseball @MHSTigersBasebl]

Congratulations to Avery Starks for winning 4th District Player of the Year and for being nominated for All State!! @MurrayTigers @MurraySchools @MLT_Sports

[Sam Rushing @Rushing_sa]

So proud of my guys. Can’t wait to see what they do next week!

[Murray High Athletics @MurrayTigers]

4th District Baseball update….Murray will face Marshall Co. tomorrow at 12:00 at Cary Miller Park for the 4th District Championship. GoFan or Credit Card Only. No cash!

[Sam Rushing @Rushing_sa]

Avery Starks has had an extraordinary career in a Tiger uniform. Collecting over 100 hits and becoming a true ace on the mound. His development and leadership have been so fun to watch. Avery is currently undecided and weighing options for his college future.

[Sam Rushing @Rushing_sa]

Senior Day thread 🧵 for the outstanding Class of 2026. They are all great young men and players on and off the field. This has been a great group to coach and they have left a very memorable mark on me and @MHSTigersBasebl

[Sam Rushing @Rushing_sa]

Simon Rickman came back to baseball as a senior and has blessed our program with his leadership and winning intangibles. Simon has started several games at catcher and does everything to help us win games. He will play football for Lindsey Wilson in the fall.

[Murray High Athletics @MurrayTigers]

Final. Murray 5, Calloway Co. 0. Great job gentlemen!!

[Murray High Athletics @MurrayTigers]

Final. Murray 6, Calloway 2. With the win our Tigers win the regular season district title and automatically advance to the regional tournament! Great job everyone!!!

[Murray High Athletics @MurrayTigers]

The baseball home game versus Marshall has been canceled!

[Mike Hoffmann @MikeHoffmann]

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:

Two kids. One rich. One poor.

Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.

The rich kid has two choices.

Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.

Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.

The poor kid has two choices too.

Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.

Or outwork everyone in the room.

Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.

Same choice for all of them.

Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.

The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.

The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.

Greatness doesn't come from where you start.

It comes from which kid you choose to feed.

Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

[Prep Baseball Kentucky @PrepbaseballKY]

‼️ KY 2A CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM ‼️

Congratulations to these 1️⃣5️⃣ athletes on being named to the 2026 Kentucky 2A Championships All-Tournament Team!

#KYHS26 || @prepbaseball || @Kentucky_2A

[MHS Tigers Baseball @MHSTigersBasebl]

For those interested in attending our state tournament game in Owensboro on Friday, please use the link below to purchase tickets. We play at 5:30 on Friday at Apollo High School.

https://t.co/xRyHYyYHwq

[Sam Rushing @Rushing_sa]

@Dtuck20 Thank you!

[Sam Rushing @Rushing_sa]

Feels good to be back in a photo like this! Our boys came ready to play and earned a 2A sectional championship. So proud of the heart and grit that they showed. Also happy to have the best cheerleaders I could ask for. Headed to the state tournament!

[Sam Rushing @Rushing_sa]

@WesleyBolin Thank you, Mr Bolin!

[Wesley Bolin @WesleyBolin]

Huge congrats to @Rushing_sa and MHS Baseball! Incredible group of guys - so well deserved.